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Review: Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary (2012)

The first question that you’re probably wanting to ask about the Viaje Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary is: what is different about this year’s release from last year’s? The answer is simple: nothing, according to Mark Just, owner of Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, CA. That means the size, the blend, the packaging all stayed the same [...]

Review: Viaje Oro Reserva Double Torpedo

Following up on a #2 finish in the 2010 cigar of the year rankings by Cigar Aficionado, Viaje put out another installment of their heralded Oro Reserva line in June 2011, this time in a Double Torpedo vitola with a closed foot. The V.O.R., as it’s known, seemed to slip under many people’s radars when it was released in 2010,and with its extremely [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Double Edged Sword

The Viaje Exclusivo Double Edged Sword was a limited release by Andre Farkas in the summer of 2010. It continued the line of limited releases under the Exclusivo name. There is no need to reword what’s been written before, so I’ll let Brooks briefly explain the Exclusivo line: There has been a growing trend in [...]

Review: Viaje Late Harvest LH 550 (2012)

For Viaje fans, May was the planned release of Zombie, but as is the case with Andre Farkas and his stable of lines, there was more than one shipment. The first one came early in the month featuring a new version of the Exclusivo Robusto and 2012′s version of the Late Harvest, a cigar that [...]

Review: Viaje Zombie (2012)

It was April of 2011 when word came out that Viaje was releasing a brand new cigar, but only at two stores, site sponsor Tobacco Grove in Maple Grove, Minnesota and their sister store BURN Premium Cigar Specialists in Burnsville, MN. This new release ended up generating a number of rumors and a fair bit of controversy [...]

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Robusto (2012)

News of the latest Viaje releases surfaced in early May, as retailers began receiving a trio of new cigars from Andre Farkas: a pair of Viaje Late Harvest, one of which was reviewed here, and today’s cigar, the Viaje Exclusivo Robusto. Shipped in metallic bundles of 25, this latest installment of the Exclusivo joins a pair of Robustos [...]

Review: Viaje Late Harvest LH 648 (2012)

Last week, alongside a new Exclusivo Robusto, Viaje retailers began receiving the latest shipment of Late Harvest in the same two sizes it debuted in last year. Charlie explained what Andre Farkas told him about the Late Harvest blend at the IPCPR show in 2011, right before the original release was shipped: Andre’s ode to [...]

Review: Viaje Summerfest 2011 Churchill

Along with the Holiday Blend, the Summerfest is part of Viaje’s Holiday Series and is an annual limited release of 6,000 cigars that will see its third installment come out in the coming weeks. The Summerfest made its debut in 2010 to a mixed chorus with a bit of fuss made about the shaggy foot, [...]

Review: Viaje Platino Five Fifty Eight

In 2010, Viaje continued its then two year-old tradition of selecting two retailers to receive an exclusive cigar from one of its two core lines, Oro and Platino. For that year, Habana Smoke Shop received a Short Figurado from the Oro line called La Pequeña, while The Humidor selected what was the biggest Viaje to [...]

Review: Viaje Skull and Bones White MOAB (2012)

On March 12, we reported that Viaje had shipped a number of new cigars to retailers, including three new entries in the Skull and Bones series: the WMD, the FOAB, and the cigar being reviewed today, the MOAB. This is the second installment of the MOAB, which stands for Mother of All Bombs, as well as Massive Ordnance [...]